Frankly, I don't a fuck what economists have to say about immigration. That's like asking your doctor for advice on game. Immigration is primarily a political and national sovereignty issue, not an economic one. The country does not exist in order to serve the needs of the economy. That's completely backwards thinking that is unfortunately all too common in our money-crazed society. The reality is that the economy exists to serve the needs of the country and its citizens.
Even if importing millions of low-skilled illegal immigrants did help the economy (an extremely dubious proposition, especially over the long-term), there would still be no political justification for doing so without the consent of the American people. If millions of foreign people can just walk into your country and start living and working, then you don't have a country anymore. You don't have a meaningful separation between citizen and non-citizen. The social fabric starts to decay. The entire country changes very quickly.
Here's a hypothetical: imagine if China wanted to fuck with Japan, and started providing transport for thousands of African refugees across the ocean and was somehow able to keep landing them on the shores of Japan. Would Japan have an obligation to accept these illegal African immigrants? Would the Japanese be compelled to at the very least allow them to stay and work illegally in the country? Would they have an obligation to allow the illegal African immigrants access to their healthcare and social services? Would they have an obligation to allow the illegal African immigrants to slowly displace existing Japanese citizens?
Obviously this scenario is exaggerated, but it demonstrates the absurdity of allowing unchecked illegal immigration into a sovereign country. Of course the Japanese would not owe any obligations to the Africans, besides perhaps graciously paying for their boat ride back home. The idea that an existing country has an obligation to forfeit its sovereignty to illegal immigrants is simply an insane notion.
A country, properly understood, is not just a piece of land with lines drawn around it on a map. It is comprised of a unique people, a culture, a language, a history. That is directly poisoned by allowing a massive influx of illegal immigrants. And let's be honest, this is a race issue. This sort of thing is only encouraged in majority white countries in North America and Europe. Only white countries are expected to open their doors to all comers and displace their own people for the sake of immigrants. Europe is even worse off than the U.S. in this regard, and has been absolutely flooded with Muslim immigrants over the past two decades. Look at this video:
Is that what England is supposed to look like? Was England historically populated by hordes of brown people? Why is it acceptable for these hordes of Muslims to displace the traditional English people in their own homeland? This is nothing less than an invasion. It is a slow motion genocide of the native population. Advocating for massive immigration into a given country is essentially advocating for that country to cease to exist in its current state. This is simply an immoral and indefensible position. A country and its people have a right to maintain their existence. To deny them this right is to declare war on them. If you do this, eventually you can expect them to wise up and defend themselves.
Even if importing millions of low-skilled illegal immigrants did help the economy (an extremely dubious proposition, especially over the long-term), there would still be no political justification for doing so without the consent of the American people. If millions of foreign people can just walk into your country and start living and working, then you don't have a country anymore. You don't have a meaningful separation between citizen and non-citizen. The social fabric starts to decay. The entire country changes very quickly.
Here's a hypothetical: imagine if China wanted to fuck with Japan, and started providing transport for thousands of African refugees across the ocean and was somehow able to keep landing them on the shores of Japan. Would Japan have an obligation to accept these illegal African immigrants? Would the Japanese be compelled to at the very least allow them to stay and work illegally in the country? Would they have an obligation to allow the illegal African immigrants access to their healthcare and social services? Would they have an obligation to allow the illegal African immigrants to slowly displace existing Japanese citizens?
Obviously this scenario is exaggerated, but it demonstrates the absurdity of allowing unchecked illegal immigration into a sovereign country. Of course the Japanese would not owe any obligations to the Africans, besides perhaps graciously paying for their boat ride back home. The idea that an existing country has an obligation to forfeit its sovereignty to illegal immigrants is simply an insane notion.
A country, properly understood, is not just a piece of land with lines drawn around it on a map. It is comprised of a unique people, a culture, a language, a history. That is directly poisoned by allowing a massive influx of illegal immigrants. And let's be honest, this is a race issue. This sort of thing is only encouraged in majority white countries in North America and Europe. Only white countries are expected to open their doors to all comers and displace their own people for the sake of immigrants. Europe is even worse off than the U.S. in this regard, and has been absolutely flooded with Muslim immigrants over the past two decades. Look at this video:
Is that what England is supposed to look like? Was England historically populated by hordes of brown people? Why is it acceptable for these hordes of Muslims to displace the traditional English people in their own homeland? This is nothing less than an invasion. It is a slow motion genocide of the native population. Advocating for massive immigration into a given country is essentially advocating for that country to cease to exist in its current state. This is simply an immoral and indefensible position. A country and its people have a right to maintain their existence. To deny them this right is to declare war on them. If you do this, eventually you can expect them to wise up and defend themselves.
[size=8pt]"For I reckon that the sufferings of this present time are not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall be revealed in us.”[/size] [size=7pt] - Romans 8:18[/size]